Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr (2 Ağustos 1955 – 23 Mayıs 2024), Amerikalı tarihçi ve yazar.

Hayatı
Carr, 2 Ağustos 1955'te Beat Kuşağı'nın önemli figürlerinden Lucien Carr ve Francesca von Hartz çiftinin oğlu olarak Manhattan, New York'ta doğdu. New York Üniversitesi'nden mezun oldu. Paul Schrader, Vittorio Storaro, Allen Ginsberg, John A. Lynn, Hüseyin Amini, Gina Gionfriddo, E. Max Frye ve John Sayles gibi önemli şahsiyetlerle temasları oldu. Kaleme aldığı; The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Lessons of Terror, Killing Time, The Devil Soldier, The Italian Secretary ve The Legend of Broken adlı kitaplarıyla tanındı.

Aynı zamanda Bard Koleji'nde tarih dersleri verdi. Sinema, televizyon ve tiyatro projelerine katkı sağladı. The Washington Post, The New York Times, Vanity Fair ve The Wall Street Journal gibi yayınlarda köşe yazıları yazdı.

Edebiyat alanındaki çalışmalarıyla 1995'te Anthony Ödülü'nü ve Bram Stoker Ödülü'nü kazandı.


Özel yaşamı ve ölümü
Yaşamını Nisan 2022'de ölen Sibirya cinsi kedisi Maşa ile sürdüren Carr, 23 Mayıs 2024'te Cherry Plain, New York'taki aile evinde ileri derece kanser hastalığı nedeniyle 68 yaşında ölmüştür.

Çalışmaları
Kitapları
Kreizler serisi
The Alienist (1994)("En İyi Roman" 1995; Anthony Ödülü sahibi)
The Angel of Darkness (1997)
Surrender, New York (2016)

Diğer romanlar
Casing the Promised Land (1980)
Killing Time (2000)
The Italian Secretary (2005); an authorized Sherlock Holmes mystery
The Legend of Broken (2012)

Kurgusal olmayan
America Invulnerable: The Quest for Absolute Security from 1912 to Star Wars co-written with James Chace (1989)
The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China (1992)
The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again (2002)

Anı
My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me (April 2024)

Antolojiler
Köşe Yazıları
2003 New York Observer. Historical Context M.I.A.: Blame the Commander in Chief
2003 New York Observer. On Beholding Baghdad
2003 New York Observer. Handicapping Military Is Order of the Day; Maureen Is Feasting
2003 New York Observer. The Ferocious Spectacle in Baghdad
2003 New York Observer. Fear Subsuming Offensive Goals of War on Iraq
2003 New York Observer. Strategic Bombing Brings Ups Quandary of Military Ethics
2003 New York Observer. Trouble in Turkey, Al Qaeda Capture Intensify the Heat
2003 New York Observer. Bush's Conflict: Military Methods At War For Iraq

Görüş parçaları
Carr, Caleb (March 31, 2015). "Defeating ISIS, slowly but surely: Don't panic, and don't expect a Hiroshima moment". New York Daily News

Dergi yayınları
2007 "Terrorism": Why the Definition Must be Broad, World Policy Journal, Vol. 24, No.4, (Spring, 2007), pp. 47–50
1996/1997 Terrorism as Warfare: The Lessons of Military History, World Policy Journal, Vol.13, No.4, (Winter, 1996/1997), pp. 1–12
1995: Internationalism in the Age of Factionalism, World Policy Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, (Summer, 1995), pp. 67–70
1994: The Dark Knight, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Vol. 6, No. 3, (Spring, 1994),
1994: Aldrich Ames and the Conduct of American Intelligence, World Policy Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Fall, 1994), pp. 19–28
1993: The Consequences of Somalia, World Policy Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall, 1993), pp. 1–4
1992: The American Rommel, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Vol. 4, No. 4, (Summer, 1992)
1990: The Troubled Genius of Oliver Cromwell, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Vol. 2, No. 4, (Summer, 1990)
1989: The Man of Silence, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Vol. 2, No. 4, (Spring, 1989)

Yorumlar
Carr, Caleb (2002) The New York Times. Dealing With the Work of a Fiend
Carr, Caleb (2000) The New York Times. Nor Any Drop to Drink
Carr, Caleb (1993) The New York Times. James the Ripper?
Carr, Caleb (1992) The New York Times. Should War Be Left to The Generals?
Carr, Caleb (1992) The New York Times. Minnesota Death Trip

Ayrıca bakınız
2002 Combating Terrorism: Axis of Evil, Multilateral Containment or Unilateral Confrontation, House Hearing, 107 Congress. (April 16, 2002)

Kaynakça
Dış bağlantılar
Caleb Carr on 17th Street, a website dedicated to the Alienist books